My Zen Arcade » gates http://myzenarcade.com If you meet the Buddha on the road, shoot him with a rocket launcher Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ARMY NO LONGER FORCING PEOPLE TO SERVE!!! http://myzenarcade.com/2009/03/18/army-no-longer-forcing-people-to-serve/ http://myzenarcade.com/2009/03/18/army-no-longer-forcing-people-to-serve/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:06:23 +0000 moleboy http://myzenarcade.com/2009/03/18/army-no-longer-forcing-people-to-serve/

Nifty!  Bet McCain is pissed, though.  Now they may have to pay benefits.
Pentagon to phase out unpopular ’stop-loss’ program – CNN.com

The military will phase out its “stop loss” program, the contentious practice of holding troops beyond the end of their enlistments, for all but extraordinary situations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday.

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I can’t even imagine the size of this problem, if true

I also don’t understand the logic behind the decision that spawned this.  If going to Windows7 means buying all new software, and/or patching code so extensively as to pale the Y2K crisis (and, contrary to the post, I believe it would far exceed Y2K) why does Gates et al. think that anyone would bother staying with the MS product line?  At that point, you are faced with two choices: virtually start over from scratch, or actually start over from scratch.

I have a very hard time believing this is true, but I also have a very hard time believing Vista got released.

 

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